Gillain, B.
Degraeve, G.
Dreesen, T.
De Bruecker, G.
Buntinx, E.
Beke, D.
Kestens, C.
Valassopoulou, E.
Verhelst, F.
Peeters, E.
Pype, S.
De Vos, C.
Strens, D.
Vandersmissen, I.
Article History
Accepted: 21 September 2021
First Online: 15 November 2021
Declarations
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: This research was supported by Janssen-Cilag NV, Beerse, Belgium.
: De Vos C., Peeters E., Pype S. and Vandersmissen I. are employees of Janssen-Cilag NV. Realidad, employer of Strens D., received consulting fees from Janssen-Cilag NV. Dr Degraeve has served as speaker/member of an advisory board/has received research support from Janssen-Cilag NV, EG, Eli-Lilly, AstraZeneca, Sanofi, Pfizer, Otsuka, GSK, Lundbeck, and Pfizer. Dr Dreesen has received support from Janssen-Cilag NV and EG. Dr De Bruecker and Dr Kestens have received research support from Janssen-Cilag NV.
: Ethics approval was provided by the GHdC (Grand Hôpital de Charleroi) on April 25, 2019 (reference G2-2019-E002). The study was conducted in accordance with all applicable laws in Belgium. Data management and analysis was conducted compliant to all legislation related to data protection, and additional ethics approval for sites where retrospective studies are validated by ethical committees.
: For each patient included in this retrospective, non-interventional cohort study, the participating physician provided an anonymously filled in electronic case record form. Patient confidentiality was maintained at all times. All patients were informed about the study by the physician, who provided them with a patient information document. All living patients consented for participation.
: All patients were informed about the study by the physician, who provided them with a patient information document.
: The analyzed data are included in this published article, the datasets generated and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
: Not applicable.
: Authors Vandersmissen and Strens designed the outline of the study, in collaboration with authors Degraeve, Peeters, Pype and De Vos. Authors Gillain, Degraeve, Dreesen, De Bruecker, Buntinx, Beke, Kestens, Valassopoulou, and Verhelst conducted study data collection. Author Strens conducted overall study data collection and statistical analysis. All authors contributed to and approved the final manuscript.